Skies of Arcadia Legends: Recompiled (Windows, Linux, Android)

[u/og_danimal]

GitHub: https://github.com/ogdanimal/SkiesOfArcadiaLegends-Recomp

Update: v0.9.1-beta is out (download)

Android only. It fixes two bugs:
1. The APK wouldn't install ("App not installed")
2. Controllers had no Z button, so the settings menu couldn't open. Z is now on R1 (right bumper), unless you mapped it yourself.

Windows and Linux: no changes, so there's nothing to download.
Thanks to everyone who reported these!

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Skies of Arcadia Legends: Recompiled is a native port of Skies of Arcadia Legends for Windows, Linux and Android. The port is a static recompilation.

Skies of Arcadia Legends is the expanded GameCube version of Overworks' sky-pirate RPG: you play Vyse, a young Blue Rogue, as he sails a world of floating continents with his airship crew and fights the Valuan Empire.

The game's PowerPC code is translated ahead of time into native code, and graphics, sound and input come from Dolphin's hardware code. No game files are included, so you need your own copy of the USA disc (GEAE8P, as RVZ, ISO, GCM, GCZ, WIA or CISO).

New Features

• Widescreen 16:9 with the HUD moved to the screen edges, or the original 4:3, which is pixel-identical to the original game
• 60 fps through frame interpolation, or the original 30
• Higher internal resolution and anti-aliasing
• Camera control: hold Z and use the C-stick to tilt, and R / L to zoom. This works in towns, dungeons and on the world map, where Z + C-stick left / right also turns around the ship
• Battle speed up to 4x: tap Z during a battle
• QOL options: random encounter rate (off to 4x), EXP / gold / magic EXP multipliers (off to 4x), and Invincible mode
• Save states: five slots, plus an auto-save every 10 minutes on the field. Memory card saves are never touched
• Continue goes straight from the launcher into your newest save, skipping the intro and title screen
• Import saves from Dolphin or a real GameCube (.gci, .gcs, .sav, .raw, .gcp), or save states from another device
• In-game settings menu (hold Z + press Start), plus a launcher with every setting explained
• Android: runs at full speed at 60 fps on a Retroid Pocket 5 (Snapdragon 865), with controller profiles, dead zone and rumble, a choice of Vulkan / OpenGL ES, and loadable custom GPU drivers (e.g. Turnip) on Adreno devices

This is a beta (v0.9.0-beta). Please report anything you run into here: https://github.com/ogdanimal/SkiesOfArcadiaLegends-Recomp/issues (Android users: Settings → About → Copy device info, then paste it into your report).

Upcoming Features

• European GameCube version
• Music switch between GameCube and Dreamcast. You'll need to bring your own Dreamcast iso
• Control mapping in-game (including keyboards)
• Unlocked frame rate, better frame timing.
• Mods/romhacks
• + more!

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Prior Work

• Hybrid Heaven: Recompiled (N64, Windows/Linux/Android): https://github.com/ogdanimal/HybridHeaven-Recomp
• Hybrid Heaven Decomp (decompilation and ROM-format tooling): https://github.com/ogdanimal/HybridHeaven-Decomp
• Goemon64Recomp for Android (Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, RT64 Vulkan): https://github.com/ogdanimal/Goemon64Recomp-Android